Poem-a-Day

Poem-a-Day is the original, daily poetry series featuring new poems by today’s poets. Produced by the Academy of American Poets, this free digital series is made possible by you, our readers and listeners. Theme music by Kat Rejsek. Audio engineering by Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
1126
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
1127
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
1128
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
1129
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
1130
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1131
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1132
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1133
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1134
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1135
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
1136
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
1137
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
1138
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
1139
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
1140
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
1141
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
1142
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
1143
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
1144
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
1145
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
1146
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
1147
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
1148
Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
1149
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
1150
Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min